CHANGWON, Aug. 31 (Korea Bizwire) — Actor Park Bo-gum started his mandatory military duty Monday. Dressed in black, Park entered the Navy Education and Training Command in Changwon, South Gyeongsang Province, at 2 p.m. As his agency Blossom Entertainment has promised no farewell event at the training camp due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the 26-year-old [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — Postgraduate students serving as ‘technical research personnel’ instead of joining the military will lose their military duty exemption if they fail to obtain a doctorate degree during their service period, the defense ministry said Thursday. The Ministry of Defense issued advance notice for the revision of the legislation containing [...]
SEOUL, July 21 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop artist and producer Zico will begin his alternative military service later this month, his management agency said Tuesday. He will enter a boot camp on July 30 for four weeks of basic military training and will then serve as a social worker, according to KOZ Entertainment. All able-bodied [...]
SEOUL, June 30 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea on Tuesday began accepting applications from men who want to substitute mandatory military service for other public services due to religious or personal beliefs, the military manpower agency said. By law, all able-bodied South Korean men must carry out military service for about two years in a [...]
SEOUL, June 24 (Korea Bizwire) — Actor Park Bo-gum is expected to join the Navy’s military band in August to fulfill his mandatory military service, officials said Wednesday. Last month, the 26 year-old celebrity applied for a naval military band and honor guard unit. After going through a performance test and interview, he was deemed [...]
SEOUL, June 23 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea will begin receiving applications next week from those who want to substitute mandatory military service for other public services due to religious or personal beliefs, the defense ministry said Tuesday. By law, all able-bodied South Korean men must carry out military service for about two years in [...]
SEOUL, June 10 (Korea Bizwire) — One out of 5 male members of the new National Assembly were exempted from mandatory military service, government data showed Wednesday. Of the 242 newly elected male lawmakers, 47 people, or 19.4 percent, gained exemption for such reasons as imprisonment and illness, according to the data compiled and released [...]
SEOUL, April 13 (Korea Bizwire) — Lee Seung-hoon, a member of K-pop boy band WINNER, will start his mandatory military service this week, the band’s management agency said Monday. The 28-year-old is scheduled to start a four-week training program Thursday at an Army boot camp in Nonsan, South Chungcheong Province, as part of the fulfillment [...]
SEOUL, March 9 (Korea Bizwire) — Seungri, a scandal-ridden former member of K-pop boy band BIGBANG, joined the Army on Monday to fulfill his mandatory military service duty. The celebrity, disgraced by illegal gambling and other misconduct charges, entered an Army recruit training center in Cherwon, a border town about 90 kilometers northeast of Seoul [...]
SEOUL, March 5 (Korea Bizwire) — Seungri, a former member of K-pop boy band BIGBANG, will join the Army next week to fulfill his mandatory military service duty, military sources said Thursday. The scandal-ridden celebrity will join an Army boot camp in the central border town of Cherwon on Monday, the sources said. All able-bodied [...]